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Welcome to the FM/CalWORKs Webinar! The panel on the right of your screen shows other attendees and has a Question box below. Can’t see the panel? Click the orange arrow in the top right corner. While you’re waiting… Favorite peanut butter: Crunchy or Creamy? Type your answer in the “question” box and hit enter.

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Agenda Family Maintenance & CalWORKs An overview of the opportunities and challenges for establishing and maintaining coordinated services for FM/CalWORKs families Best Practices for FM/CalWORKs families County innovations by Madera, Stanislaus and Los Angeles Open Forum About Key Challenges Dialogue about maintaining coordination through case transfers and shifting expectations with service providers

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FM/CalWORKs: Opportunities – FM families tend to be more open to family engagement – Teaming increases support for families to reach their goals – Collaboration expands the scope of available resources Challenges – Services are time-limited; need for quick client ID – Communication with Linkages partner at caseworker transfers – Coordinated case plans shift expectations for service providers

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Los Angeles Family Preservation Protocol Alma Vega, Department of Public Social Services (DPSS) David Yada, Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) Linkages Family Preservation (FP) Protocol for FM/CalWORKs families who are Welfare-to-Work Eligible Automation around this service coordination Desk Guide

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Los Angeles Target Population: Parent has an open CalWORKs case who is eligible to GAIN and volunteers for DCFS’ Family Preservation (FP) services. Partners Involved: Child Welfare worker, Child Welfare Community Based Liaison (CBL), Welfare-to-Work (WtW) worker, and DCFS contracted FP Agency. Automation: The referral process and coordination of the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) Meeting through a DCFS FP web-based system.

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Los Angeles (continued) From: Sent:Monday, October 25, :24 PM Cc: Subject:A Linkages case has been initiated by DCFS - FP CASE ID: A Linkages case has been initiated. FP Case ID: Leader Number: AABB123 GAIN Office: San Gabriel Valley (III) Agency Assigned: ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SC - METRO NORTH (29) Please use the following link to logon to the Family Center Services System for details. For Network Agency click on Network Agency Logon For DCFS & DPSS users click on DCFS User Logon Child Welfare’s CBL initiates the referral (GN 2016) to the WtW Linkages Liaison through an automated when a CalWORKs parent is assigned to the DCFS contracted FP Agency.

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Los Angeles (continued) WtW Linkages Liaison processes the referral (GN 2016). Liaisons have access only to the cases assigned to their office. NOTE: FP agencies only have access to cases assigned to their agency.

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Los Angeles (continued) The referral (GN 2016) is processed by confirming whether or not it is a Linkages case, eligible to FP service coordination. FP Linkages cases are assigned to a FP WtW worker.

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Los Angeles (continued) Other automatic s generated are: Case is transferred from one WtW office to another. When there is a MDT meeting change (e.g., rescheduled, cancelled, location change, time change). Service coordination that occurred at the MDT meeting and services to be provided through WtW are documented on the FP web-based system. Service referrals are tracked through each department’s respective system (CWS/CMS, WtW/GEARs). FP Automated Process Desk Guide: See CA Linkages Toolkit, Index of Attachments Link, under Sustainability Toolkit Section.

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Questions & Comments Los Angeles

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Quick Tips for Accessing Forms The Linkages Toolkit home page has two quick routes to forms: Index of Attachments Search

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Shifting Expectations with Service Providers Challenges: – Service plan goals may be broader in coordinated case plans – Gaining service provider agreement to serve this linked population & meet dual goals. How have you addressed these challenges? What’s worked? What lessons have you learned?